Boy.  After days of hardly eating anything, the flavor of a delicious chicken-ginger congee is downright heavenly.   That's what I ate yesterday.  But then today... well, my appetite was back and I may have gone a little overboard.  I ate pork belly sautéed with onions and snow pea tips, al dente penne with anchovy,…

Well, I made it back home.  But barely! Although I was up all night the day of my flight, I was feeling b better in the morning.  The nausea was gone and while I didn't have much of an appetite, I was able to consume a third of a plan white rice onigi as well…

Today, I feasted on a third of this plain white rice onigiri along with a couple of bottles of Pocari Sweat.  After a terrible night, I woke up feeling marginally better this morning.  Akemi who was feeling a little off, is feeling fine now - fine enough to eat a curry pan and a croissant…

My first Japanese convenience store individually wrapped banana!  This was my breakfast today as it would seem all this eating and drinking has finally caught up with me.  Hard to pinpoint the source of what could well be food poisoning given Akemi and I have pretty much eaten the same things, but I do recall…

We've been getting to bed later and later which results in our waking up later and later.  Last night, we didn't turn in until after 10:00 p.m.! Today's outing was pushed as I had a pre-pre-pitch at 9:00 a.m.  It went well and, according to my partners on the show, there have been buyers, both…

Yoze!  This morning, we hit up the Ginza location of Glitch Coffe, arriving 15 minutes prior to opening and joining the already existing lineup.  Fortunately, we didn't have to wait long. Today's three-cupper After that, we hopped on the subway and headed to Omotesando ...to check out this Texas-style BBQ food truck that Akemi spotted…

Big day! We started the day by going to the Jimbocho area to check out the flagship branch of Glitch Coffee. Even though we arrived relatively early, 5 minutes before their 9:00 a.m. opening, there was already a small line-up.  Fortunately, it went quickly and we were soon inside, perusing the selection. The place is…

What'll it be?  What'll it be?  Some Royal Milk Tea or the Corn Soup? Today we went off the beaten bath to the Yoyogi Uehara neighborhood to check out a coffee shop Akemi had been wanting to try - Nodoya no Katte. It's a cute little place that is connected to Glitch Coffee, a modest…

I woke up this morning to Akemi doing her wall stretches, after which we headed to Tsukiji Market where I enjoyed another horumon bowl breakfast and she was able to special order some dash ingredients for pick up tomorrow. Which we went back for and picked up later this morning.  Note the name.  It's the…

We woke up early (as usual) this morning and headed to Glitch Coffee for our final visit (to the Osaka location).  Since we were early, we headed upstairs to check out a tiny art exhibit featuring some pieces... Artist Gabi Brewer's Monstruopedia exhibit Artist Katsunari Shishido's exchibit Hinako Ouchi's exhibit Masaki Tani's exhibit We headed…

Had my pre-pre-pitch at 7:30 a.m. this morning and looks like there is one more pre-pre-pitch in the cards (scheduled for Monday, while I'm back in Tokyo) prior to moving on to the pre-pitch.  I celebrated/consoled myself with a late morning visit to Glitch coffee where we sampled two more beans...in addition to our favorite…

Blustery day in Osaka had us seeking out the underground passage to the Conrad Hotel and Glitch Coffee.  Spoiler alert: One does not exist. We were back at our favorite coffee shop for a Columbian duo - the X.O. rum barrel-washed Hula La Loma, and Cauca El Paraiso (Lychee). Also, a brownie.  All were excellent,…

One of the things we most looked forward to on our return trip to Osaka was a return visit to Glitch Coffee. Just step right up and tell the guy behind the counter what you're looking for in terms of flavor profiles and he will recommend something, let you smell the beans, and then, once…

Rainy morning in Tokyo.  The plan was to wake up early and head to Tsukiji for breakfast before checking out and catching the shinkansen to Osaka, but it was dark and rainy when we left he hotel and, some twelve steps out the door, Akemi had second thoughts and returned to the nice cosy hotel…

I had a zoom pitch early this morning, still hungover from that 60+ pieces of sushi/double sake carafe feast from last night.  And I thought it went pretty well.  Anyway, here are a few of the highlights from last night's dinner I didn't get around to posting as part of yesterday's entry... Always the culinary…